1Ba (9a) 1920 1m sepia black East of Jordan overprint, ERROR - overprint inverted, perf 14, undercatalogued, perfectly centered, OG,VLH, SUPERB
Auction #136 - Public Auction
By: COLONIAL STAMP CO.
COLONIAL STAMP CO. Auction #136 - Public Auction
Hello fellow Collectors!,
Welcome to our 136th consecutive specialized British Colonial Public Auction featuring, as always, a marvelous range of rarities from all points of the compass.
An overview of some of what you will find in this catalogue:
Great Britain & British Europe:
GB commences with a strong section of scarce and key items and includes most of the “big square” Q Victoria high values – in unusually nice quality. Cypress shows several rare early plate numbers, and a £5. Gibraltar has £5 both mint and used plus Malta rare 10/- both mint and used.
British Africa (always a house favorite!):
British Central Africa has the first set, to the £10, and a rare 1895 £10 arms unwatermarked postally used! . Cape of Good Hope shows a mint 1/-yellow-green, 4d “wood block” with retouched corner, and the rare ½d on 3d Crown CC mint. East Africa and Uganda features K Edward VII 50R plus a K George V 100R mint. Gold Coast has a spectacular rare used £2 K George V. Kenya and Uganda has a 50R K George V (wmkd Script CA!). Madagascar shines with a spectacular range of “large ones” – 50 lots! Mauritius highlights include a 4a (8) 1849-54 used 2d – SUPERB, and the unissed 1876 ½d on 9d red surcharge! New Republic 18 lots! Niger Coast SG 2a – reversed overprint on a 1d mint! Rhodesia has 2 each £10 and £5 values. St. Helena is highlighted by the Tristan Relief set – mint and also used blocks! Sierra Leone has 2/- Postal Fiscal, K George V - both £5 values. Togo (British Occupation) shows values to the 1M. Zanzibar with strong provisional overprints, Dhows to the 200R, and a few rare Postage Dues.
British West Indies
Bahamas shines with a 1863 6d rose-lilac. Bermuda has a scarce 1873 3d orange and British Guiana with a nice 1853 deep blue 4¢, mint, an 1878 2¢ on 8¢, mint, and a $4 large “4” (Type II). Cayman Island shows wonderful examples of the 1908 2½d on 4d, mint and used. The large Falkland Islands section features the 1933 £1: Specimen, mint & used! Sprinkled among many never hinged items.
British Asia / Oceania:
New South Wales has a nice mint 1850 1d reddish rose Sydney View. Tasmania features a choice 1853 pale blue Van Diemen’s land (mint & VF). Australia highlights include six (!) £2 Kangaroos, as well as a 20/ “slash” Postage Due (the “key” stamp of the country!). Ceylon features a scarce used 1859 dull rose imperf QV plus an 1857 ½d on blue glazed paper, mint; India includes nice early items and a lovely 1909 K Edward VII 25R, mint. Iraq includes the rarest used stamp of the area: 1931 25R K Faisal Official! Jordan shows many nice items including a very rare SG 83b; used. Malacca has a nice NH Occupation overprint (SG JD16). A strong New Britain overprints including 3 Mark values. New Zealand shows a nice #2, mint, and a strong section of “O.P.S.O.”s (9 values!). Penrhyn Island features many scarce 1d varieties (many as pairs); Straits Settlements has a nice 1911 $25 K Edward VII, mint, and Tonga finishes off the area with a rare “hafl-“ typewritten error
Did I forget some other good stamps or sections? No doubt! As always:
Happy hunting and much success to all the bidders!
Sale Terms
Lot #789 - jordan
22C (30b) 1922 5/10th p on 5m orange, SG Type 2 violet handstamp surcharge, perf 14, unpriced used in Stanley Gibbons, rare, light cancel, SUPERB, with RPSL certificate
Lot #790 - jordan
27a (26a) 1922 5pi deep purple, black surcharge, top right corner margin example, perfectly centered, very rare, OG,NH, SUPERB, with RPSL certificate
Lot #791 - jordan
28 var (27b) 1922 9p on 9p ochre, perf 15x14, VARIETY - violet handstamp surcharge, extremely rare, perfectly centered, unpriced in Stanley Gibbons, OG,VLH, SUPERB, with RPSL certificate
Lot #792 - jordan
29C var (32a) 1922 9p on 9p ochre stamp of Palestine overprinted SG Type 1 in black and handstamp surcharged SG Type 3 in violet, perf 14, only 1314 surcharged (total of both perfs, per Najjar), unpriced in Stanley Gibbons, signed, OG, VLH, F-VF, with BPA certificate
Lot #793 - jordan
42 (39) 1922 3m yellow-brown, red-purple Arab Government handstamp, perf 15x14, spectacularly rare and vastly undercatalogued, missing from several major collections we have helped to build in the past, fresh, OG,VLH, F-VF, with Najjar certificate
Lot #794 - jordan
57 (44a) 1922 9p ochre, SG Type 4 violet Arab Government of the East handstamp SG Type 4, perf 15x14, scarce, OG,VLH, VF-S
Lot #795 - jordan
61 (53) 1922 20pi pale grey stamp of Palestine overprinted SG Types 1 (in black) and 4 (in red-purple), perf 14, rare and undercatalogued as only 57 were overprinted (all colors, per Najjar), well centered, signed, OG, VLH, VF-S
Lot #796 - jordan
62 (53a) 1922 20pi pale grey stamp of Palestine overprinted SG Types 1 (in black) and 4 (in violet), perf 14, rare and undercatalogued as only 57 were overprinted (all colors, per Najjar), OG, VLH, VF, with BPA certificate
Lot #797 - jordan
73g (68ga) 1923 20p pale grey, black Arab Government of the East overprint SG Type 5, VARIETY - overprint inverted, rare, OG,HR, VF, with Najjar certificate
Lot #798 - jordan
73f (68g var footnoted) 1923 20p pale grey, black Arab Government of the East overprint, perf 14, the very rare ERROR with overprint transposed--the second and third lines are at top and the first line at bottom, OG,HR, VF, with Holcombe certificate
Lot #799 - jordan
74Ab (89b) 1923 1/8pi chestnut stamp of Saudi Arabia overprinted SG Type 10, VARIETY - overprint inverted, OG, NH, F-VF
Lot #800 - jordan
74Fa (94a) 1923 3p brown stamp of Saudi Arabia overprinted SG Type 10, VARIETY - overprint inverted, OG, HR, F-VF
Lot #801 - jordan
74 var footnoted (99Aa) 1923 2m blue-green, black overprint reading down, ERROR - "933" for "932", P.O. fresh, this variety only occurred once in each setting of 24 printed (pos 3), as such vastly undercatalogued, scarce, appears OG, NH, despite what the certificate says, OG,VLH, VF, with Najjar certificate
Lot #802 - jordan
78 var footnoted (103Bc) 1923 1p deep indigo, gold overprint reading up, ERROR - "933" instead of "932", P.O. fresh, only one per setting of 24 printed, scarce, appears OG, NH despite certificate, OG,VLH, VF, with Najjar certificate
Lot #803 - jordan
78 var footnoted (103A) 1923 1p deep indigo, gold overprint, reading down, P.O. fresh, a great variety, only one sheet of 24 printed, vastly undercatalogued, OG,VLH, VF, with Brandon certificate
Lot #804 - jordan
79 var footnoted (104Aa) 1923 2p olive, black overprint reading down, ERROR - "933" for "932", P.O. fresh, very scarce, this variety only occurred once per setting of 24 (pos 3) and only 24 examples exist, as such vastly undercatalogued, OG,VLH, VF, with Najjar certificate
Lot #805 - jordan
84 var (84a) 1923 5/10th pi on 3m yellow-brown, VARIETY - black Arab Government of the East overprint, perf 15x14, very rare, and unpriced used!, F-VF, with Ceremuga certificate
Lot #806 - jordan
87 var (79c) 1923 5/10 pi on 5 pi SG Type 4 overprint on deep purple of Palestine, violet Arab Government of the East overprint SG Type 6, perf 15x14, unpriced in Stanley Gibbons, OG, VLH, F-VF, with Brandon certificate
Lot #807 - jordan
87 var (79c) 1923 5/10 pi on 5 pi deep purple, violet Arab Government of the East overprint SG Type 6, perf 15x14, unpriced in Stanley Gibbons, lightly canceled, VF, with Brandon certificate
Lot #808 - jordan
89 (83b) 1923 1pi on 5pi deep purple stamp of Palestine overprinted SG Types 1 (in black), 4 (in violet) and 8 (in black), perf 15x14, very rare, few of which were used!, VF, with RPSL certificate
Lot #809 - jordan
98 var (75a var footnoted) 1923 ½p on 9p on 9p ochre of Palestine overprinted SG Types 1 (in black), 3 (in red) and 7 (in black), VARIETY - ½p surcharge inverted, perf 15x14, a rare error, signed "Mozian '39", OG, HR, F-VF, with BPA certificate
Lot #810 - jordan
100 (87) 1923 1pi on 10pi ultramarine stamp of Palestine overprinted SG Types 1 (in black), 5 (in gold) and 9 (in violet), perf 14, a great rarity of which few exist -- very seldom seen!, OG, NH, F-VF
Lot #811 - jordan
141 var (154 var) 1925 5p deep purple stamp of Palestine overprinted "East of Jordan" SG Type 19, wmkd Script CA, perf 14, VARIETY - "long" stamp (25mm, only one row per sheet was produced as it was caused by a faulty registration of the perforating machine), OG,LH, F-VF
Lot #812 - jordan
142a (155a) 1925 9p ochre, black East of the Jordan overprint SG Type 19, VARIETY - perf 15x14, OG,NH, SUPERB, with Najjar certificate
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